2 Albert G. Hodges, A Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky 1167 (1834)
Abstract
Required all free men to bear arms for the common defense, but conscientious objectors were ordered to pay a sum equal to the value of the foregone personal services.
Law Text
The freedmen of this commonwealth (negroes, mulattoes, and Indians excepted) shall be armed and disciplined for its defense. Those who conscientiously scruple to bear arms shall not be compelled to do so, but shall pay an equivalent for personal services, which equivalent shall be one dollar per day for each muster . . . .
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MILITIAS, REQUIRED POSSESSION